Papillary muscle of heart
System
Cardiovascular
SNOMED CT
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Papillary muscle of heart
Definition
One of the group of myocardial bundles which terminate in the chordae tendineae that attach to the cusps of the atrioventricular valves; each ventricle has an anterior and a posterior papillary muscle; the right ventricle sometimes has a septal papillary muscle.
Also known as papillary muscle, papillary muscle of ventricle, ventricular papillary muscle, ventricule papillary muscle — per UBERON
The Papillary muscle of heart is a part of the Cardiovascular.